CD82
Well-Known Member
Indeed Dobrindt seems to be exceptionally good at being bad at his job. It's almost as if he asks his advisors what the best decision would be, and then he does the polar opposite of that.
And don't even get me started on the toll system. As soon as I read that the administrative costs for short-term vignettes would outweigh their benefits, I was like "nope, nope and nope". What the hell is wrong in doing it like other countries? In Switzerland you just buy a damn sticker for 40 CHF (or 40 ?), everybody has to do it, nobody gets any money back, end of story. But no no no much too easy for German B?rokratie, so of course the cost of the German vignette must depend on the kind of car you drive, and then at first everybody has to pay for it, but then some people can deduct that cost from their car tax, but for some cars you end up paying more on the vignette than you pay car tax, so you don't really get the money back, and... oh boy.
I don't even mind paying for the freedom that is the Autobahn, but for god's sake just hand out a damn sticker at the border into Germany for a fixed price and be done with it. As soon as I have to register somewhere, probably scan and send a couple of car-related documents that then have to be processed by somebody who in return has to send me a custom sticker for my car, well as soon as that happens I'm out. Sorry but too complicated.
And don't even get me started on the toll system. As soon as I read that the administrative costs for short-term vignettes would outweigh their benefits, I was like "nope, nope and nope". What the hell is wrong in doing it like other countries? In Switzerland you just buy a damn sticker for 40 CHF (or 40 ?), everybody has to do it, nobody gets any money back, end of story. But no no no much too easy for German B?rokratie, so of course the cost of the German vignette must depend on the kind of car you drive, and then at first everybody has to pay for it, but then some people can deduct that cost from their car tax, but for some cars you end up paying more on the vignette than you pay car tax, so you don't really get the money back, and... oh boy.
I don't even mind paying for the freedom that is the Autobahn, but for god's sake just hand out a damn sticker at the border into Germany for a fixed price and be done with it. As soon as I have to register somewhere, probably scan and send a couple of car-related documents that then have to be processed by somebody who in return has to send me a custom sticker for my car, well as soon as that happens I'm out. Sorry but too complicated.
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